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TITLE:
X-Spam for SMTP Servers Insecure File Permissions

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31765

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31765/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
X-Spam for SMTP Servers 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/19764/

DESCRIPTION:
Edi Strosar has reported a security issue in X-Spam for SMTP Servers,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

The problem is caused due to insecure default file permissions being
set on the installation directory. This can be exploited to gain
escalated privileges e.g. by replacing certain EXE files in the
directory.

The vulnerability is reported in 5.6a. Other versions may also be
affected.

SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to the affected system.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Edi Strosar

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